English-Thai Dictionary
presentment
N การแสดงออก kan-sa-dang-ook
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PRESENTMENT
n.s as z. The act of presenting. 1. Appearance to the view; representation.
2. In law, a presentment, properly speaking, is the notice taken by a grand jury of any offense from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of the king; as the presentment of a nuisance, a libel or the like, on which the officer of the court must afterwards frame an indictment, before the party presented can be put to answer it.
3. In a more general sense, presentment comprehends inquisitions of office and indictments.
In the United States, a presentment is an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment; or it is the act of offering an indictment. It is also used for the indictment itself. The grand jury are charged to inquire and due presentment make of all crimes, etc. The use of the word is limited to accusations by grand jurors.
4. The official notice in court which the jury or homage gives of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PRESENTMENT
PRESENTMENT Pre *sent "ment, n.
1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation. " Upon the heels of my presentment. " Shak.
2. Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition. Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion, And give it false presentment. Milton.
3. (Law ) (a ) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself. (b ) The official notice (formerly required to be given in court ) of the surrender of a copyhold estate. Blackstone. Presentment of a bill of exchange, the offering of a bill to the drawee for acceptance, or to the acceptor for payment. See Bill of exchange, under Bill.
Mozley & W.
New American Oxford Dictionary
presentment
pre sent ment |priˈzentmənt priˈzɛntmənt | ▶noun Law, chiefly historical a formal presentation of information to a court, esp. by a sworn jury regarding an offense or other matter. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French presentement, from presenter ‘place before ’ (see present 3 ).
Oxford Dictionary
presentment
presentment |prɪˈzɛntm (ə )nt | ▶noun Law a formal presentation of information to a court, especially by a sworn jury regarding an offence or other matter. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French presentement, from presenter ‘place before ’ (see present 2 ).
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